Device for cleaning pipe-lines.



. E. R'. ;R'BESE R DEVICE FOR CLEANING PIPE-LINES. APPLIO ATION FILED OUT. 16, 1903. TBENEWED N0'V.19, 1907.

929, 1 1 O. Patented July 27; 1909.

I *Nol 929,11 1 i U I ED' EE ZQ OFFICE :ICIEDWARD R. REEsER;*ORTAMAQUA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BYMESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

roNATIoNA WATER MAIN CLEANING COMPANY, on NEW YORK, N. Y., A 'coRroRiirioiv Specification of Letters Patent.

DEVIOEJFOR CLEANING PIPE LINES.

Patented an 27",. 1909.

Application filed October 16, 1903, Serial No. 177,287. Renewed November 19, 1907. Serial No; 402,910. 0

To all whom it ma concern:

it Be itlknownthat I, EDWARD R. 'REESER, citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Tamaqua, in thecounty of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new}: and useful Improvement in Defvices for Cleaning Pipe Lines, of which the following isa specification. i

This invention relates to an improvement in devices for cleaning pipe lines as will be more fully! explained, referencebeing had to I the.accompanyingdrawing, in which;

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Figure .1, 1sa perspective view showing the complete device. Fi 2, is an enlarged sectionof the middle spindle, showing the bearingsand the shaft upon which it revolves. Fig. 3, is a detail View of one of the cutters of the front spindle. Fig. 4,is a detail view of one of the toothed scrapers of Fig. 5, isa detail view showing a cutter, a bolt holding it in place the rear spindle.

and an adjustable collar whereby the cutter 1 I may be raisedlwhen desired.

I @Inthe drawings A, B, and Oindicatethe three spindles in the preferredorder, in #which they are attaohed and in which they are used in practice, acord or rope being attached to the front spindle A, to pull the three spindlesforward in the pi e line to be cleaned. The spindle Ais flexi ly connect- .edwiththe, spindle .B, bymeansof a cord or 1 chain, and the spindle Bis in like manner flexibly connected with the spindleO.

3 On the spindle A there are: three series of cutters, 1 Zand' 3, circularly arranged, each cutter being held in place by means of one orfmore b0 scraperson spindles A and C may be placed tsya. [Back ofthe cutters and movablecollars 5, by means of which the cutters may be raised so as to increase their peri heral extension Whenever it is desired to c eania pipeoflarger diameter than that ill for Whichthese spindles are designed under Q normal conditions.

1 made removable, sothat they may ordinarily be omitted, andflapplied onlywhen needed. A shaft 6 passes throughthe spindle A, at the ends of which are loopsto which ropes are f attached as shown.

I On the spindle Bth'ereis aseries of scrapers 7. arranged inthe form of one or more helixes, two being shown in the drawing.

These collars may be motion of the spindle B and also by the passage of water through the pipe line the spinclle B is made to revolve and dislodge mat- "tance, say twenty feet or more. i then By the To make the dies. ,The spindles A andB are preferably closedat each end. i

The spindle O is supplied with three series of scrapers, 9, 10 and 11, some of which may be toothed or serrated at their outer'ends, the scrapers of theflrst two seriesof this spindle, being illustrated as of this construction. The spindle C is preferably open at both ends so as to readily allow matter that 1 has been detached from the interior of the pipes to be washed through thesame and carried off. At the front of the spindle O is a loop or eye by means of which it is flexibly connected with the spindle B by means of a rope or chain, and at its rear it maybe sup plied with an angular brace. i

In practice the device is introduced into apipe line through an aperture, a rope is attached to the front of the spindle Aand. the

three spindles are pulled for a short dis- Water is assed through the pipe line over the spind es, whereby the loosened matter, sediment, vegetable growths etc. are Washed out. The device is thenpulled forwardnanother distance and the operation of flushing is repeated. nections the device can readily be passed through an angle or curve in the pipe line.

On account of the spindle C being hollow any matter that hasbeen loosened by the cutters and scrapers on the two spindlesthat On account of the flexible con precede it is readily removed. Thecutters and scrapers are preferably made of spring steel. 1 It is to be understood that I do not wish to limit myself to the number of spin dlesor sets of cutters or scrapers nor to the shape or. configuration scrapers.

W hat I claim as new is: p 1. In a pipe-cleaning ap aratus, the combination of a non-rotata le body, cutters thereon, amember connected thereto and a scraping body revolubly mounted on said given to the cutters or i i i i member about a substantially longitudinal axis and arranged to be moved about such axis by the passage of the'apparatus through a pipe. 7

2. In an apparatus for cleaning water pipes, the combination of a non-rotatable longitudinally moving head and a rotatably mounted body connected thereto and cutters and scrapers carried on said head and body respectively, the scrapers being con-- structed and arranged to, induce rotation of said body.

3. A device of the character described consisting of a cylinder carrying cutters circularly arranged, a rotatable spindle flexibly connected therewith and carrying helically arranged scrapers and another spindle, flexibly connected with the rotatable spindle and carrying circularly arranged scrapers 4. A, device of the character described consisting of three spindles, flexibly connected, the first spindle being closed at both ends and supplied with cutters circularly. ar

ting body, a continuously rotatable body adapted to be rotated by movement of the device through the pipe, and means on said body for cleaning the pipes.

7. In an apparatus for cleaning water.

pipes the combination of a non-rotatable body, a continuously rotatable body connected thereto adapted to be rotated by movement of the device through the pipes, and cutters and scrapers carried on said bodies, respectively.

8. In a pipe-cleaning apparatus, the-combination of a non-rotatable body, cutters thereon, amember connected thereto and a scraping body revolubly mounted on's'aid member about an axis at a substantial angle with the diameter of the pipe to be cleaned and arranged to be moved about such axis by the passage of the apparatus through a pipe.

' 9. In a pipe cleaning apparatus, the combination of a non-rotatable body, cutters thereon, a member connected thereto and a scraping body revolubly mounted on said member and arranged to be rotated substantially continuously in adefinite direction by the movement of the cleanifig apparatus through a pipe. i

r 10. In a pipe-cleaning aparatus, the combination of a non-rotatable body, cutters thereon, .a member connected thereto and a scraping body revolubly mounted on said member and arranged to be given a definite movement in a direction substantially at right angles to the axis of the pipe to be cleaned. r V

11. In a pipe cleaning apparatus, a nonrotatable body, cutters thereon adapted to engage the inside of the ipe, a shaft con.- nected to the non-rotatab e body, a second body loosely mounted upon said shaft and scrapers upon said second body arranged to engage the; inside of the pipe and inducea definite movement of said second body.

12. In a pipe cleaning apparatus, a non rotatable body, cutters thereon adaptedto engage the inside of the pipe, a revoluble body connected to the non-rotatable body,

and scrapers upon the revoluble body con-- structed to induce a definite-rotary movement to the revoluble body by the movement of the apparatusthrough the ipe. I

13. In an apparatus for ceaning water pipes, the combination of a non-rotatable longitudinally moving cutting head and a rotatable body connected thereto, adapted to be rotated by the action ofthe water in the pipe, and means on said rotating body for cleaning the pipe. V f I Signed at hew York in the county of New York and State of New York this 12th day of October A. D. I903.

' EDWARD R. REESER.

Witnesses: GEO. F. WHITNEY, Bl F. KEINARD. 

